Who Are The Top Investors In Alok Industries Limited (NSE:ALOKTEXT)?

David Rizzo
July 11, 2018

In this article, I’m going to take a look at Alok Industries Limited’s (NSE:ALOKTEXT) latest ownership structure, a non-fundamental factor which is important, but remains a less discussed subject among investors.
When it comes to ownership structure of a company, the impact has been observed in both the long-and short-term performance of shares.
Different types of investors can have varying degrees of influence on a company’s management team. For example, an active institutional investor may be more likely to hold a company accountable for certain actions whereas a passive fund will move in and out of stocks without regards to corporate governance. The implications of these institutions’ actions can either benefit or hinder individual investors, so it is important to understand the ownership composition of your stock investment.
Therefore, I will take a look at ALOKTEXT’s shareholders in more detail.

Institutional Ownership

With an institutional ownership of 24.38%, ALOKTEXT can face volatile stock price movements if institutions execute block trades on the open market, more so, when there are relatively small amounts of shares available on the market to trade
Although ALOKTEXT has a high institutional ownership, such stock moves, in the short-term, are more commonly linked to a particular type of active institutional investors – hedge funds.
For ALOKTEXT shareholders, the potential of this type of share price volatility shouldn’t be as concerning as hedge fund ownership is is not significant,indicating few chances of such sudden price moves. While that hardly seems concerning, I will explore further into ALOKTEXT’s ownership type to find out how it can affect the company’s investment profile.

Insider Ownership

I find insiders are an important group of stakeholders, who are directly involved in making key decisions related to the use of capital. In essence, insider ownership is more about the alignment of shareholders’ interests with the management.
Although individuals in ALOKTEXT hold only a 2.54% stake, it’s a good sign for shareholders as the company’s executives and directors have their incentives directly linked to the company’s performance.
It would also be interesting to check what insiders have been doing with their shareholding recently. Insider buying can be a positive indicator of future performance, but a selling decision can be simply driven by personal financial requirements.

General Public Ownership

A substantial ownership of 63.87% in ALOKTEXT is held by the general public.
This size of ownership gives retail investors collective power in deciding on major policy decisions such as executive compensation, appointment of directors and acquisitions of businesses.

Private Company Ownership

Potential investors in ALOKTEXT should also look at another important group of investors: private companies, with a stake of 9.21%, who are primarily invested because of strategic and capital gain interests.
With this size of ownership in ALOKTEXT, this ownership class can affect the company’s business strategy. As a result, potential investors should further explore the company’s business relations with these companies and find out if they can affect shareholder returns in the long-term.

Next Steps:

The company’s high institutional ownership makes margin of safety a very important consideration to existing investors since long bull and bear trends often emerge when these big-ticket investors see a change in long-term potential of the company.
This is to avoid getting trapped in a sustained sell-off that is often observed in stocks with this level of institutional participation.
However,
ownership structure should not be the only determining factor when you’re building an investment thesis for ALOKTEXT.
Instead, you should be evaluating company-specific factors
such as
Alok Industries’s past track record and financial health.
I
highly recommend
you to complete your research by taking a look at the following:

Financial Health: Is ALOKTEXT’s operations financially sustainable? Balance sheets can be hard to analyze, which is why we’ve done it for you. Check out our financial health checks here.

NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures.

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